Announcing ADK for Kotlin 1.0: Building Production-Ready AI Agents in Kotlin, Android, and Beyond
Mainly relevant if your organisation has developers building on Android or in Kotlin — they can now build AI agents natively for mobile and enterprise Kotlin systems without switching languages, including agents that run partly on-device.
What changed
Source summary
Google released version 1.0 of the Agent Development Kit (ADK) for Kotlin, with full feature parity with the existing Python and Java ADK cores. It lets developers build AI agents in Kotlin Multiplatform for both server-side enterprise apps and Android devices, including on-device inference, persistent storage and human-in-the-loop workflows.
Why it matters to your work
Practical interpretation
Mainly relevant if your organisation has developers building on Android or in Kotlin — they can now build AI agents natively for mobile and enterprise Kotlin systems without switching languages, including agents that run partly on-device.
Source & availability
This is a summary of a published provider announcement, with practical context from SCALA’s feed.
Plan, region, workspace and rollout conditions may affect access in Australia. Check the original source for current availability.
developers.googleblog.comThis update is primarily for technical teams.